§ 16418.8

(a) The Budget Deficit Savings Account is hereby established in the State Treasury.

(b) Deposits to the Budget Stabilization Account for the 2018–19 fiscal year, above the amounts required by Section 20 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, as defined and appropriated in the 2018 Budget Act, shall be transferred from the General Fund to the Budget Deficit Savings Account. Based on the updated projection as calculated by the Department of Finance during the 2019–20 May Revision, upon order of the Director of the Department of Finance, no earlier than May 31, 2019, the Controller shall transfer the updated amount from the Budget Deficit Savings Account to the Budget Stabilization Account.

(c) Upon order of the Director of the Department of Finance, the Controller shall transfer 50 percent of the remaining amounts deposited in the Budget Deficit Savings Account that are not transferred to the Budget Stabilization Account pursuant to subdivision (b) to the Safety Net Reserve Fund, created by Section 11011 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. The remaining 50 percent of the balance shall remain in the Budget Deficit Savings Account.

(d) Notwithstanding any other law, the Controller may use the funds in the Budget Deficit Savings Account for cash flow loans to the General Fund as provided in Sections 16310 and 16381.

(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 42, Sec. 2. (AB 1830) Effective June 27, 2018.)